bvaets



(No Model.)

C. A. EVARTS.

` HANGING LAMP. No. 264,677'. Patented Sept.-19, 1882.

/'mm 7% 62m?? N. PETKHS. Mouxhognphn washingim, l1 C.

UNITED STATES YPATt-LNT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. EVARTS, OF MERIDEN, CONN., ASSIGNOR TO THE BRADLEY 85 HUBBARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HANGING LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,677, dated September 19, 1882.

Application tiled. July'3l, 1882.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. EvAR'rs, of Meriden, in the county otNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in HangingLamps; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear,

-and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specilication, and represent, in-

Figure l, a side view; Figs. 2, 3, and 4, detached views enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvementin that class of hanginglamps in which the lampsupport is connected to the shade-ring above, and particularly to that class in which three or more connections are made with the ring. In xtures where two connections only are made between the lamp-support and the shade-ring it is easily done by asimple straight band eX-` tending from one side of the shade-ring down beneath and across the bottom of the lampholder, thence up and attached to the opposite side ofthe shade-holder; but when more than two connections are made they cannot thus extend across the bottom ot' the shadeholder; hence must he made individually. In such cases the connections are generally soldered or riveted to the lamp-holder and shadering. While this accomplishes a very good result, so far as securing the parts together is concerned, it makes the ixture so bulky as to add greatly to the cost of making and transportation.

The object ot' my invention is to construct this class of shade-fixtures so that they may bereadily taken in pieces, packed in small compass, and again easily set up; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the shade-rin g, constructed to support the shade in the usual manner, and with an annular bead, a., upon its outer.sur face.

B is thc base, to which the fount-holderC is secured, as seen in Fig. 2. This base B is re- (No model.)

cessed upon its under side, so as to form an internal shoulder, d. (See Fig. 2.) Beneath this hase is acollar, D, constructed with an up- 5o wardly-projecting tlange, e, the iiange notched at points where the supports E are to rest.

The supports E are made from a tiat strip of sheet metal, so as to enter the respective notches in thetlange @of the collarD. Theends ofthesupportsEeXtend radiallyinward toward the center, as seen in Fig. 3, but so as not to lap the one upon the other. Near their inner end an upward proiection,f,is formed by making a corresponding depression upon the oppo- 6o site side. This projeetionfstands against the shoulder d in the base B, the collar D placed upon the under side of the arms. Then a bolt,

F, is introduced through Vthe collar into the hase to clamp the arms between the collar and base. rIhe projectionf prevents the supports E from being withdrawn, and the notches in the iiange of the collar holds them in their proper relative position to each other. At the upper end the supports E lie against the 7o outer surface ot' the shade-ring A, and are bent, as at It, corresponding to the bead on the shade.

Into the ring A, at the point where the supports are to be attached, a screw, i, is fixed to pass through the support E, and E is there clamped by a set-nut, m, seen in Fig. 4:.

Thus the parts are lirmly secured together. To

detach them it is only necessary to remove the nuts m, loose the collar D, and withdraw the supports. Then they may be arranged in a 8o very compact shape for transportation.

Instead of making the flange upon the collar D, the notches may be made in the hase to receive the supports E, and the collar or plate D be fiat, o'r the shoulders d may he made in 85 the collar and the projections f turned downward correspondingly, it only being essential that there shall he radial recesses to receive the respective supports, and a projection on one part to engage a shoulder on the other to 9o prevent radial movement of the arms.

Instead of making the bead a on the shadering A projecting, it may be reversed.

Instead of employing a stationary screw, I,

and nutm to make the connection to the shadeed to form a radial seat for each of the sup pots, and a shoulder and projection to enl gage the supports with the base to prevent ra ring,it; may be a common thumb-screw through the supports into the shade-ring.

I elaim- In a hanging lamp, the combination of the base B, the clamping-collar D, and the supports extending from the base to the shadering, the said base and eollaror plate constructdial movement, substantially as described.

CHARLES A. EVARTS. Vifnesses:

A. M. BROOKS, F. J. SEIDENSTICKER.. 

